Similar Climates › City Pairings › Augusta ≈ Sarajevo
City Pairings
loose match
Augusta, Maine and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina are a loose climate match — 6,667 km (4,143 mi) apart. Augusta is Köppen zone Dfb; Sarajevo is Cfb.
See Augusta on the interactive map →Augusta is classed warm-summer continental (Dfb) while Sarajevo is oceanic (Cfb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 6,667 km (4,143 mi) apart, so Sarajevo is a reachable stand-in when you want Augusta’s weather elsewhere.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Augusta, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 8°C (Sarajevo warmer); July by 2°C (Sarajevo cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Sarajevo is 15 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Sarajevo at 9.1 h/day on average versus 8.7 h/day in Augusta (January 5.4 h / 5.9 h, July 12.8 h / 11.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 24 µg/m³ in Sarajevo vs 7 in Augusta (higher by 17 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Sarajevo runs about 7°C higher in January (-4°C vs -11°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina is the closest distant match for Augusta, Maine — scored loose, about 6,667 km (4,143 mi) away.
Augusta and Sarajevo are separated by roughly 6,667 km (4,143 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
No — Augusta is warm-summer continental (Dfb) and Sarajevo is oceanic (Cfb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Augusta has a warm-summer continental climate (Dfb). January averages a high of -2°C and a low of -13°C with 85 mm of rain; July averages 27°C / 15°C and 95 mm.
Augusta averages about 5.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 4.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 35); July averages 10 µg/m³ (US AQI 51).
Other close climate matches for Augusta: Sofia (loose), Canberra (loose), Salzburg (loose).
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